Be Better funding IDENTIFYING SOURCES OF FUNDING

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Be Better _at_ fundingIDENTIFYING SOURCES OF
FUNDING

• Serge Merone
• External Funding Manager
• Perth and Kinross Council

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Format of session

• What do we need the funding for?
• What sources of funding can we identify and what
  information and research tools to use?
• Questions

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What do we need the funding for?

• Before trying to identify possible sources of
  funding, you must ask yourself the following
  questions
• What outcome, change we are trying to achieve?
• Who will the beneficiaries?
• Do we need funding for a time limited
  activity/project or core activity? If time
  limited, for how long?
• When do we need the funding?
• How much do we need?
• The more focused you are in your research the
  more chance you will have to find the right
  funding to meet your needs
• The less focused you are the more chance you are
  to get lost

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What sources of funding can we identify and tools
to use?

• Sources of funding
• Individual donors general public, through
  institutions such as Rotary clubs, those affected
  by a problem, family and friends
• Tools to use grapevine, mailing list, articles
  in local or national papers.

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What sources of funding can we identify and tools
to use?

• Sources of funding
• Trusts and Foundations grant-making trusts are
  independent grant-making bodies, deriving their
  income from investment or some form of
  fundraising. 700 million each year for
  charitable purposes. Usually, a trust has the
  following structure the donor, a constitution or
  Trust deed, the trustees, administrative staff.
  From very large to very small. Before approaching
  trusts, it is important to understand how they
  work.
• Tools to use
• Office of Scottish Charity Regulator
  (www.oscr.org.uk), Charity Commission for England
  and Wales (www.charity-commission.gov.uk). You
  can search the register by keywords, addresses,
  charitable purposes. You can have contact
  details, website addresses and information on
  charitable purposes supported.
• Online databases GrantNet (www.grantnet.co.uk),
  Funder Finder (www.funderfinder.co.uk), J4B
  (www.j4b.co.uk)
• Publications Director of Social Change
  (www.dsc.org.uk), Charities Aid Foundation
  (www.cafonline.org)

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What sources of funding can we identify and tools
to use?

• Sources of funding
• Company giving, sponsorship and joint promotions
  There is no particular obligation for companies
  to give money to charity or to support projects
  in the local communities where they operate but
  they do give. Top 400 companies give 160 million
  each year in cash and a further 100 million in
  kind. Before approaching companies, it is
  important to understand how they work.
• Tools to use
• Grapevine, family and friends, articles in local
  or national press Most big companies run scheme
  to encourage employees to volunteer or fundraise
  for the causes they have chosen
• Business directory (local councils website,
  chamber of commerce)
• Scottish Business in the Community
  (www.sbcscot.com)
• PerCent Club (www.bitc.org.uk)
• Corporate Social Responsibility (www.csr.org.uk)
• Arts and Businesses (www.aandb.org.uk)
• Sports Match (www.sportsmatch.co.uk)
• Online databases GrantNet (www.grantnet.co.uk),
  J4B (www.j4b.co.uk)
• Publications Director of Social Change
  (www.dsc.org.uk), Charities Aid Foundation
  (www.cafonline.org)

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What sources of funding can we identify and tools
to use?

• Sources of funding
• Government
• Central government The Scottish Executive and
  its agencies such as Communities Scotland,
  Scottish Enterprise, Scottish Natural Heritage,
  Historic Scotland.
• Tools to use www.scotland.gov.uk, meetings with
  local contacts at local agencies offices. Online
  databases GrantNet (www.grantnet.co.uk), J4B
  (www.j4b.co.uk)
• Local Government Main sources of funding to
  support local service delivery
• Tools to use local councils websites, meeting
  with local contacts to investigate funding to
  support service delivery, one-stop-shop for
  grants. Online databases GrantNet
  (www.grantnet.co.uk), J4B (www.j4b.co.uk)

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What sources of funding can we identify and tools
to use?

• Sources of funding
• The European Union more complex projects usually
  involving European partners
• EU regional policy and rural policy
• EU sectoral policies
• Tools to use www.europa.eu or www.scotland.gov.uk
  , meetings with contacts within delivery
  agencies. Online databases GrantNet
  (www.grantnet.co.uk), J4B (www.j4b.co.uk) Your
  local council or local CVS

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What sources of funding can we identify and tools
to use?

• Sources of funding
• The National Lottery Four national distributors
• Heritage Lottery Fund
• Tools to use www.hlf.org.uk, Online databases
  GrantNet (www.grantnet.co.uk), J4B
  (www.j4b.co.uk) Your local council or local CVS
• Sport Scotland
• Tools to use www.sportscotland.org.uk, Online
  databases GrantNet (www.grantnet.co.uk), J4B
  (www.j4b.co.uk) Your local council or local CVS
• Scottish Arts Council
• Tools to use www.scottisharts.org.uk, Online
  databases GrantNet (www.grantnet.co.uk), J4B
  (www.j4b.co.uk) Your local council or local CVS

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What sources of funding can we identify and tools
to use?

• Sources of funding
• The National Lottery
• Big Lottery Fund
• Tools to use www.biglotteryfund.org.uk, Online
  databases GrantNet (www.grantnet.co.uk), J4B
  (www.j4b.co.uk) Your local council or local CVS
• A joint scheme Awards for All
• Tools to use www.awardforall.org.uk/scotland ,
  Online databases GrantNet (www.grantnet.co.uk),
  J4B (www.j4b.co.uk) Your local council or local
  CVS

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More information

• For more information and help
• Your local Council of Voluntary Services
• Your local Council
• Reading
• The complete fundraising handbook Directory of
  social change, 2000.

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Questions

• Do you have any questions?